Head-To-Head Survey: Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI) versus Intellicheck (NASDAQ:IDN)

Intellicheck (NASDAQ:IDN) and Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Intellicheck and Banzai International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intellicheck	0	3	3	0	2.50
Banzai International	1	0	2	0	2.33

Intellicheck currently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 186.34%. Banzai International has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 2,098.95%. Given Banzai International’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banzai International is more favorable than Intellicheck.

Profitability

This table compares Intellicheck and Banzai International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intellicheck	13.03%	15.02%	12.27%
Banzai International	-237.54%	-391.73%	-74.14%

Risk & Volatility

Intellicheck has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banzai International has a beta of -1, meaning that its share price is 200% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.8% of Intellicheck shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Banzai International shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Intellicheck shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Banzai International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Intellicheck and Banzai International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intellicheck	$24.11 million	1.91	$1.27 million	$0.15	15.13
Banzai International	$11.48 million	0.24	-$22.49 million	($110.47)	-0.02

Intellicheck has higher revenue and earnings than Banzai International. Banzai International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intellicheck, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Intellicheck beats Banzai International on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intellicheck

Intellicheck, Inc., a technology company, develops, integrates, and markets threat identification and identity authentication solutions for bank and retail fraud prevention, law enforcement threat identification, and mobile and handheld access control and security systems primarily in the United States. It provides identity systems products, including commercial identification products, such as Intellicheck Platform, an identity solution that checks whether an ID is valid, matches the ID to the person presenting it, and provides a risk score to determine the risk of doing business with that person; IDN-Portal that provides the ability to scan an ID using a mobile phone; IDN-Portal+ that uses a retail scanner to validate an ID, and get additional data for analytics and analysis; IDN-Direct that provides access to additional data and the ability to use the platform’s Risk Score capability to help with decision-making; and Intellicheck mobile app, which provides the ability to login and scan an ID. The company also offers State Aware Software solution, which provides or restricts information that is electronically scanned from an ID based on the electronic reading laws according to the state in which the ID is scanned; data collection devices that enable its software applications to be used on a variety of commercially available credit card terminals, PDAs, tablets, laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and point-of-sale terminals; and instant credit application kiosk software applications. It serves government, military, and commercial markets. The company was formerly known as Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. and changed its name to Intellicheck, Inc. in May 2017. Intellicheck, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

About Banzai International

Banzai International, Inc., a marketing technology company, provides data-driven marketing and sales solutions for various businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its products include Demio, a browser-based webinar platform with data and marketing features designed to help businesses engage with their audience through live events and on-demand, interactive video content; Boost, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for social sharing by event registrants; and Reach, a SaaS and managed service to increase registration and attendance of marketing events. The company serves healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, technology, media, and other industries. Banzai International, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington.